---
name: "Barbed Sliver"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Sliver"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "TMP"
set_name: "Tempest"
collector_number: "163"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Scott Kirschner"
oracle_id: "8fbca9ba-8b83-40ca-9f7e-5c483ba76675"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/barbed-sliver-tmp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Barbed Sliver
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Sliver
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
All Sliver creatures have "{2}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn."

> *Spans of spines leapt from one sliver to the next, forming a deadly hedge around the *Weatherlight*.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Blade Sliver](/printing/blade-sliver-plst.md) — Creature — Sliver
2. [Battle Sliver](/printing/battle-sliver-m14.md) — Creature — Sliver
3. [Armor Sliver](/printing/armor-sliver-tpr.md) — Creature — Sliver
4. [Bonesplitter Sliver](/printing/bonesplitter-sliver-tsr.md) — Creature — Sliver
5. [Cleaving Sliver](/printing/cleaving-sliver-cmm.md) — Creature — Sliver
6. [Spectral Sliver](/printing/spectral-sliver-lgn.md) — Creature — Sliver Spirit

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tempest (TMP) #163
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Scott Kirschner
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`